Although the amount of aid has increased during the last months, it is still insufficient and often of poor quality. Mass displacement, precarious living conditions and food shortages have a serious impact on the health status of the population. It has been months since Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) briefed the Security Council on the massive suffering and death toll which had resulted from militia, attacks on villages and the forced displacement of hundreds of thousands of...
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Although the amount of aid has increased during the last months, it is still insufficient and often of poor quality. Mass displacement, precarious living conditions and food shortages have a serious impact on the health status of the population. It has been months since Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) briefed the Security Council on the massive suffering and death toll which had resulted from militia, attacks on villages and the forced displacement of hundreds of thousands of residents in the Darfur region of Sudan. Despite several resolutions and pledges since that time, neither the Government of Sudan nor the international community has provided sufficient assistance and security to the people in Darfur. Over 18 months since they were burned out of their villages and after numerous promises from the Government of Sudan and world leaders, people's lives are still under daily threat. The people of Darfur have endured a vicious campaign of violence and terror which has led to massive deaths and forced more than 1.5 million people to flee from their destroyed villages in search of safety. People still face intimidation, extortion and terror in areas where they have sought refuge from the violence. MSF clinics receive new rape cases everyday. In addition to violence, the main reported causes of deaths are diarrhoeal diseases, respiratory infections and malaria. The high incidences of these diseases are preventable and are traced to the lack of adequate shelter and appalling water and sanitation conditions in the camps. MSF is working in 26 locations and other agencies in many more, however there are countless pockets of displaced settlements, which still have not received any food or relief aid. The continued violence against the displaced people has also been accompanied by attacks on aid workers.
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